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BlackBerry Outages Across North America

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the iphones-are-just-slow dept.

TheHappyMailAdmin writes "BlackBerry service in North America is out: no email, no BB Messenger and no web browsing. Last carrier estimate I got was 24 hours until service will be restored, with others saying they've gotten estimates from support from between 3 hours to 2 days. BES and BIS services are impacted, and it's across all carriers. Bad timing for RIM as people are wrapping up their holiday shopping..." Updated 18:11 GMT by timothy: Reader notheusualsuspect pings with a note that the service has been restored.

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  1. Re:Fail by Yvan256 · · Score: 1, Troll

    A lot of women want a baby. It's a natural instinct.

    Oh, you meant BB.

    I don't see why your wife would want a Best Buy.

    Oh, you meant BB. Sorry.

    But you mean your wife doesn't already have a Belly Button?

    Oh, you meant BB. I apologize.

    I would tell your wife that the days of Bulletin Boards are over.

    Oh, you meant BB. My mistake.

    I don't see why your wife would want a BB gun though.

    Oh, you meant BB. Duh.

    Etc, etc...

    Yeah, yeah... I know about context. But I also find it annoying when people use acronyms for no good reason. This isn't Twitter.

  2. Re:A blackberry outage? Oh my! by LOLLinux · · Score: 0, Troll

    Service has been restored for hours. CmdrTaco is just an idiot who posted this story long after the fact.

  3. Re:Thank you Karma by Red+Flayer · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's nothing on the douchebaggery.

    The other evening I was at the movies and got an emergency email from my sister that my dad had a heart attack and was in the hospital (I had turned the ringer off, as I always do when I'm at the movies). THere were a few emails back and forth between her, me, my mother, and my brother coordinating flights, airport pickups, etc, so we could all be there at his side by Christmas.

    All of a sudden, some fat stinking asshole douchebag threw a soda at me!

    Heaven forbid there is some minor inconvenience to his enjoyment of a movie. I suppose it's fair, since living vicariously through movies is probably his chief joy in life.

    --
    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  4. Re:Central point of failure.. by kimvette · · Score: 0, Troll

    But, if RIM didn't offer those services, how could they nickel and dime customers?

    --
    The Christian Right is Neither (Christian nor right). See: Matthew 23, Matthew 25, Ezekiel 16:48-50